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Category: Special Treats

  • Cornmeal-Lime Cookies

    Original Recipe found in: Chang, J. Flour: spectacular recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe. (2010). San Francisco: Chronicle. p 118-119. Joanne Chang says “Eat Dessert First” and frankly if my metabolism were a bit different, I would definitely follow that advice! Today I was looking for a cookie with a little bit of a spring hop to…

  • 13 December 2016: St. Lucia Buns

    Adapted from King Arthur Flour Both of my great-grandfathers were bakers; if that’s an inherited trait, I’m officially thanking them both here for instilling in me a love of yeast and flour. Working with yeasted doughs and breads is quite satisfying, and it has been something I’ve dabbled in since high school.   I found…

  • 05 Sep 2016: Granola

    Granola recipes are nearly a dime a dozen, and once you’ve read through one (or baked it), you can pretty much adapt that recipe to suit your personal taste or to suit whatever you have in the house for fruits and nuts.  This past June, we traveled to Waikiki and I was reintroduced to a…

  • 08 May 2011 Heart-Healthy Dried Fruit Scones

    Adapted from: Chang, Joanne. Flour: Spectacular recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe. (2010). San Francisco: Chronicle Books LLC. p. 50. My Comments: Lucky enough to live in the Boston Metro area (well, that’s a little stretch – a 40 minute ride puts me downtown though), I’ve been to 2 of Flour’s locations.  If you…